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[owl]

I noticed yesterday that my bra was pinching me a little—at the band, the cups are still depressingly well-fitting—so I went into M&S in my lunch time to look for a bigger size. Now, the cup size is proportional to the difference between the ribs and the breasts, not an absolute, so to get the same size cups as a 36A with a 38 band, it would have to be 38AA.

They don't make 38AA bras. In fact, there were only about two 38As in the shop, and they were black push-up ones, and were a little big in the cups anyway. If they make 34Ds, why on earth can't they make 38As??

I refuse to go into trainer bras at the age of 22, even if they do make them in 38AA and not just 26-32. I shall form the hypothesis that the band of my 36A has shrunk in the wash.

Now I must go and shower, and I really must work on my Vorkosiverse ficathon entry...

Comments

[tartanboxers.livejournal.com]

Can't you get one of those extender things from a fabric store? It has hooks and eyes that you can use to attatch it to your bra closure and extend the band at the back.

[yubsie]

:( My roommate wears about that size. Apparently a large ribcage automatically means big breasts.

Clothesmakers have strange ideas about how the human body works. *is apparently six feet tall due to her waist size :p*

[leeflower.livejournal.com]

clothing sizes are wierd. I begin to see the advantages of the pre-industrial 'make your own clothes or have them tailored' system, and not just because I sew.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Somebody else who has the same problem!!! I once went into a lingerie shop when I was visiting Los Angeles (I mean, surely, if there's a city that has everything, you'd think that would be it) and asked if they had any bras in 38 A and they looked at me disbelievingly and then laughed. Gee, thanks, girls.

Now that I have three kids I have a larger cup size, but I've found I'm no longer comfortable in a 38 anything, and the last time I tried on a bra that came close to fitting properly it was a 42 C. The cups sag depressingly, but nobody makes a 42 B, of course.

This is extra sad considering that I am 5'7" and weigh 140. I just have an enormous rib cage, apparently (though nobody who knows me believes that this could be the case -- I don't look big-boned either).

There is a woman locally who measures and makes custom bras. I'm sure they cost at least $100, but I'm not sure it might not be worth it in the end.

[skywalker-child.livejournal.com]

Womens clothing, on the whole, is hella dumb when compared to men's clothing sizes. It makes me want to scream and kick and call men nasty things. :)

I think you may want to go with the band extender, as previously suggested.

[leeflower.livejournal.com]

I was bra-shopping today and facing once again the 'between cup sizes' woes when I saw that Playtex apparantly Makes bras in half-sizes (http://www.playtexnet.com/landing-tgif.asp), including "Nearly A." Because I'm a very wierd freak, it reminded me of this post.

As it turns out, they were no help to me because they didn't offer *my* half-size, but you might have better luck.